'Terra Nova' casts '24' alum Mido Hamada

Mido Hamada (24) has joined the cast of Terra Nova, Fox’s time-traveling drama that’ll get a special preview in May before returning to Fox’s schedule in the fall of 2011. Hamada will play Guzman, the head of a security team who also serves as a trusted advisor to Frank Taylor (Stephen Lang of Avatar). This will be a series regular role for Hamada, who played Samir Mehran on the last season of 24.

Fox decided to give the high-concept drama from the auspices of Brannon Braga (24) and Steven Spielberg the same treatment it gave Glee, which was previewed last year after a May episode of American Idol and subsequently rolled out officially in the fall of 2009. The experiment worked: Buzz for the musical dramedy built over the summer and the show had an auspicious beginning.

Filming on Terra Nova isn’t expected to start until next month in Australia. The high-concept series takes place 100 years in the future and focuses on a family that travels back to the prehistoric era. It’s also executive produced by ex-Fox Chairman Peter Chernin, agent-turned-producer Aaron Kaplan, Craig Silverstein (Bones), and Kelly Marcel.

Sorry but Stephen lang is an amazing actor! He played babe Rthe in a movie and it was awesome. He was also a key member of the series Crime Story and he was awesome in that. it’s not his fault that Avatar was a horrible movie.

Yeah, my bad. The blame for Stephen Lang’s performance should really be placed on James Cameron. Lang’s character was so one dimensional, it was ridiculous. He was a cartoon, a caricature. I guess it’s not Lang’s fault that the role was written so poorly by Cameron.

Brannon Braga is a joke and everything he touches or gets involved in fails. Flashforward and the episodes he wrote for 24 were awful. Terra nova needed Furry to even have a chance the second he left the show was doomed.